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UNITED STATES Patented April 26, 1904.

THOMAS KINGAN -DAVISON, OF JAMESTOWN, YORK.

CHECK-PUNCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 758,425, dated April26, 1904.

Application filed September 9, 1903. Serial No. 172,497. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS KINGAN DAvI- son, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Jamestown, in the county of Chautauqua andState of New York, have invented a new and Improved Check-Punch, ofwhich the following is a full,'clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for puncturing thevalue-marks for banking-checks, an object being to provide a device forthis purpose that will be simple in its construction, having no partsliable to get out of order or break, and that may be convenientlycarried in a persons pocket.

I will describe a check-punch embodying my invention and then point outthe novel features in the appended claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of referenceindicate'corresponding parts inall the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of acheck-punch embodying my invention. Fig. 2is a transverse section thereof. Fig. 3 shows the under side of theupper or puncturing die. Fig. 4: is a perspective view of one of themembers thereof, and Fig. 5 shows a portion of the lower or depresseddie.

The device comprises a base or lower die 1, having depressed figures orindices 2, and coacting with this lower die is an upper die consistingof spring yielding members 3, radiatingfrom a center L and having pinsor puncturing-points 5, conforming to the figure or other indices to bepunctured in the check and coacting with the depressed portions 2.Arranged between the upper die and the lower die is a washer 6, whichholds the parts suitably spaced apart, and above the upper die is aplate 7. These several parts are secured together by a rivet 8, which ispreferably rectangular, as shown, so as to prevent the turning of theparts relatively to each other. On the upper sides of the springyielding members 3 are indices corresponding to those on the under side.7 The plate or cap-piece 7 is to prevent more than one of the members 3from being depressed at one time, as it will be noted the said plateextends nearly to the periphery ofthe upper die member.

In the operation the check to be punctured is to be placed between thedie members and against the washer 6, which forms a gagevplate, and thenthe member 3, carrying the desired figure, is to be pressed downward topuncture the check. 7 The washer 6 not only serves to support the upperand lower die members, but it serves as a guide against which the edgeof the check is to be placed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent A check-punch comprising a lower die mem ber, an upperdie member, consisting of resilient radial arms, a spacing-washerarranged between the die members and forming a guide against which theedge of a check is to be placed, a plate on the upper die member andbearing upon the resilient arms, and means for securing the severalmembers together.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two sub- 4 scribing witnesses.

THOMAS KINGAN DAVISON.

Witnesses:

E. A. DUToHER, CHAS. E. ANDERSON.

